Winning the World Cup Before Kick‑Off

Winning the World Cup Before Kick‑Off

Brands may chase the magic of a World Cup moment, but the real wins will go to marketers who design their creative and media to work together in the feed, long before the first whistle.


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There’s something about the World Cup that’s hard to put your finger on. It’s a feeling that builds in the weeks before kick-off, somewhere between the group stage draw and the first whistle, where a belief takes hold that this might be the tournament where everything finally clicks. And for brands looking to capture attention at scale, that same surge of possibility is impossible to ignore.

For most fans, the World Cup will be an ocean away. For advertisers, the mission is to shrink that ocean to the size of a screen, turning distance into digital proximity through smart, real-time social storytelling.

Brandmakers with Paul Ridsdale,  Director of Brand & Marketing at ITV

Brandmakers with Paul Ridsdale, Director of Brand & Marketing at ITV

Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Watch on YouTube And we're back, this week the Brandmakers podcast dives into the world of ITV, a major UK broadcaster and content studio reaching millions of viewers through its channels and ITVX. Its director of brand and marketing, Paul Ridsdale, has been marketing the British broadcaster ITV for over 17 years, and has been a part of its journey from a TV channel to a streaming service and content creator. In this episode, presenter Hannah Bowl


Hannah Bowler

Hannah Bowler